Sale 5335
London, South Kensington
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6 November 2008
Price realised
GBP 8,125
Estimate
A CHI'FU OR FORMAL COURT ROBE CHINESE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY woven with nine gilt dragons against a tobacco satin ground, with turbulent sea wave border
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